Arhopala alaconia

Arhopala alaconia
	Arhopala alaconia oberthuri female Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. alaconia
Binomial name
	Arhopala alaconia; (Hewitson, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
	Amblypodia alaconia Hewitson, 1869; Arhopala aloana Corbet, 1941; Narathura alaconia media Evans, 1957; Narathura alaconia media f. kempi Eliot, 1959; Amblypodia oberthuri Staudinger, 1889;

Arhopala alaconia is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1869. It is found in Southeast Asia (Borneo, Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya and Palawan).[2]

Subspecies

Arhopala alaconia alaconia (Borneo)
Arhopala alaconia aloana Corbet, 1941 (central Burma)
Arhopala alaconia media (Evans, 1957) (Mergui, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia)
Arhopala alaconia oberthuri (Staudinger, 1889) (Palawan)

References

Hewitson, W. C., 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls.
Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175

External links

"Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 7, 2017.

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[1] Hewitson, W. C., 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls.

[2] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175